ضبع

Arabic

ضَبُع

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʕ-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew צָבוֹעַ (ṣɔḇóaʿ).

Noun

ضَبُع or ضَبْع • (ḍabuʕ or ḍabʕ) m (plural ضِبَاع (ḍibāʕ) or أَضْبُع (ʔaḍbuʕ))

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Declension

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: ضبع (ḍabʕ)
  • Moroccan Arabic: ضبع (ḍbaʕ)

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ضبع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 742

Hijazi Arabic

ضَبْع

Etymology

From Arabic ضَبْع (ḍabʕ), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʿ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤabʕ/

Noun

ضبع • (ḍabʕ) m (plural ضِباع (ḍibāʕ))

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